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By Elizabeth Brewster
In a perfect world, business models for brownfield projects would be one-size-fits-all.
Dream on, say brownfield financing experts, as the industry faces a perfect financial storm of tight credit, the stagnant real estate market and a recession to boot.
Whatever economic models brownfield developers used to use for assessing contaminated sites, “they threw away,” says Craig Carbrey, president and co-founder of EnviroFinance Group in Sacramento, Calif. “We have our own internal loan economics model, and we have …
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Features
Case Study
By Kara A. Allison
For almost 70 years, the former General Motors Baltimore Assembly Plant produced almost every type of car in the GM lineup from the Impala to the Pontiac GTO. Located adjacent to the Seagirt and Dundalk marine terminals …
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Perspective
By Barry Hersh
There have been some highly-effective brownfield redevelopments, great projects
accomplished as reported in Brownfield Renewal and elsewhere, but each done one at time, with great effort. From a policy perspective, the question is how …
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Profiles
Rachael Simonoff Wexler,
CEO, Sunlight Planet, Venice, Calif.
Simonoff Wexler, a leading legal advisor …
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Regional Report
By Steve Dwyer
Region overview
From Boston to Bath, Kennebunkport to Keene, from Burlington to Brewer, development activities are occurring in the Northeast region along the brown and green spectrum that's making a lot of observers both inside and outside the region take …
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By Steve Dwyer
Paul Arnold, PE,
Principal and Brownfields Initiative Leader, TRC Cos., Lowell, Mass.
A Brownfields consulting career that spans the last two decades, Arnold has had oversight of TRC's Municipal Brownfields initiative in the Northeast since 1999. Arnold has managed the assessment …
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LAND USE: Redevelopment includes: a multi-story senior housing building that is being developed by Southwestern Community Services; a four-story mixed use commercial and residential condominium building that will house medical offices, commercial/retail space, and residential condominiums; and a 90 room …
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View from the Field
By Michael R. Goldstein
Thoughtful writers like Thomas Friedman, Bob Herbert, and Paul Krugman are just a
few of the high profile voices advancing the notion that clean energy
technologies must play a key role in the American economy if …
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View from the Field
By Ken Kastman
Expanding communities have absorbed more and more "cornfields" at the edge of town for development. Now, an idea germinating for many years is rapidly taking root in North American cities. Communities are reclaiming urban property and returning them to "cornfields." …
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Departments
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Industrial Market Snapshot
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From the Editor
By Steve Dwyer
There are your white collar and blue collar jobs, which are mutually exclusive.
The emergence of green technology and green collar jobs blurs this distinction,
crossing over into both camps.
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Green Careers
By Steve Dwyer
Green Career Glossary
Green technology job: Ones that support the creation and development of technological solutions that
mitigate and manage climate change. …
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In Transit
By Steve Dwyer
The proposed El Monte (Calif.) Transit Village is a flagship transit-oriented
development project located in the heart of the Los Angeles Basin that, when
completed, will have the distinction as being the busiest bus station west …
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Legislative Briefs
By Charlie Bartsch
On a practical level, brownfields and sustainable development—like all development—will face formidable challenges in 2010. The federal government—namely the Obama Administration and Congress—have indicated their interest in supporting such efforts through programmatic activities and policy proposals.
Key themes …
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By David G. Dixon
Investment in environmental cleanup and public infrastructure does not always have immediate payoffs. But with careful long-term planning, Stockton, Calif. has transformed its formally blighted waterfront into a recreational and entertainment destination and positively positioned itself for the future.
After 15 …
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Renewal Magazine
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With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …
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Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…
At this abandoned, blighted factory—consisting of 187,227 square feet in 21 different structures on 13.5 acres in the three…
PROJECT GOAL: To revitalize land that had been sitting idle for years by putting the property back into productive…
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Job Board Listings
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Environmental Project Manager (Toledo, Ohio)
SME, consultants in the Geosciences, Materials and the Environment, seeks an experienced Environmental Professional for its growing Toledo office. For 47 years, SME has provided cost-effective, pract…
Certified Residential Appraiser (Columbus, Ohio)
CJob Description:- The client, is seeking HUD approved, Certified Appraisers in the Ohio area. - Knowledge of ACI software is a plus.- $20 per month cell phone credit - Guaranteed bi-weekly pay checks…
Revit Drafter (Boston, Massachusetts)
Aerotek is currently seeking a Revit Technician.This is a contract through the end of February with strong possibility to extend/go perm. Qualifications:-5 years architectural office experience-3 year…
Structural Engineer (Saginaw, Michigan)
We are working with an Architecture Firm in Saginaw, MI, and they are looking for a structural engineer. A good candidate for the position is a licensed Engineer or an Engineer in Training with 3 year…
SAP SRM Consultant (Charlotte, North Carolina)
The position is open due to the lack of SAP SRM business process domain knowledge within their existing team and this person will fill be the subject matter expert for their SRM systems. A big part of…
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This Weeks Poll
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  Will the EPA Workforce Development and other similar environmental jobs programs signal the start of a revitalized U.S. job market?
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Industry Profiles
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William Murdock Columbus
Director, Urban Development Division, Ohio Dept. of Development
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Pat Pontoriero Pittsburgh, Pa.
P.G., Vice President, Ohio Valley Area Manager, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting
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Kathy Webb Greenville, S.C.
Principal, SynTerra Corp
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Whitepapers
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by Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, and Jeff Jones
The new report by New Partners for Community Revitalization (NPCR) shows how New York State is revitalizing neighborhoods plagued by multiple brownfield sites, while stimulating economic growth and creating local jobs.
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By Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, Jeff Jones
Brownfields redevelopment policy in New York is in transition as the area-wide approach emerges as an innovative tool for urban revitalization. |
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by Laura Truettner
In April, 2011, New York State awarded $6.5 million in new grants under its landmark Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) program, bringing the total state investment in BOA to $34 million. |
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Press Releases
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| Brownfields Forum, BOA EXPO,
Award to Suffolk County Executive-Elect Steven Bellone |
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Industry Experts
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Susan Boyle
Mt. Laurel
Senior Environmental Practice Leader, GEI Consultants
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